Michael Jean Taber

September 20, 1948 – April 14, 2002

Michael Jean Taber, 53, Perry, OK was killed in an automobile accident south of Perry on Sunday, April 14, 2002.

He was born September 20, 1948, at Wagoner, OK to C. J. and Ramona (Griffin) Taber. His mother, Ramona, passed away in 1954 when Mike was six years old. He attended school at Perry and graduated from Perry High School in 1966.

A member of the United States Army National Guard for several years, Taber was a machinist and welder employed at Larry’s Machine Shop in Perry.

He will be missed by all who dearly loved him.

Funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 18, 2002 in the chapel of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home with Albert Quick, pastor of Sumner Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery under direction of Brown-Dugger Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Survivors are four children, Stephen Michael, Leslie Jeanne, Gregory Kane and Jeffrey Patrick, all of Tulsa, OK; his father, C.J. Taber, and his wife, Lou, Perry, OK; one sister, Kathy Scott and her husband, Jim, Pawhuska, OK; three brothers, Larry Taber and his wife, Marilyn, Oklahoma City, OK, David Taber and his wife, Judi, Oroville, WA, and Jim Taber and his wife, Betty, Perry; and his step-mother, Betty Taber, Perry.

In addition to his mother, his paternal and maternal grandparents preceded him in death.